Welcome to MCCA What is MCCA? MISSION

Monona County Community Alliance
Healthy People Leading Fulfilled Lives
Welcome to MCCA
I am proud to be a part of the Monona County Community
Alliance! Working with others representing a variety
of interests, we promote our county residents’ physical
and mental well being, seek financial
stability in our business community,
protect our natural resources,
support families, address housing
concerns, and maintain safe and
welcoming communities. You too, can
participate—whatever your interests
and passion!
Teresa Miller, Monona Co. Community Alliance Member
Executive Director of the
Monona County Economic Development Partnership
What is MCCA?
It’s a group of people working together
to improve the health and safety of
our local communities.
MISSION
Monona County Community Alliance will
improve the health of all residents through a
comprehensive, community support system
MCCA will continue to build a roadmap that will
provide you with the tools and resources to help
make your community a healthier place to
live, learn, work and play.
ERASE
“Everyone Raising Awareness of Substance
Abuse Education: Claudia Boss, Burgess
Health Center; (712) 423-9354
Early
Laura Oliver, Monona County Public
Childhood Care Health; (712) 433-1773
Emergency
Preparedness
Ken Johnson, Monona County Public
Health; (712) 433-1773
Adult & Child
Immunizations
Laura Oliver, Monona County Public
Health; (712) 433-1773
Healthy
Communities
Sandy Bubke, Monona County
Environmental Services; (712) 433-3400
Summer 2013
MCCA receives $15,000 Delta
Dental Foundation Grant
MCCA has received a $15,000 Delta Dental Foundation Grant to support a project intended to improve
access to dental services and improve oral health for
all Monona County residents.
Terri Chandler, RDH, the Founder/Executive
Director of Future Smiles will serve as the project’s
consultant. Ms. Chandler will be working with a local
planning group to complete a comprehensive assessment of community need. This assessment will
provide an ability to assess options that will improve
Monona County oral health and dental access.
The local planning group’s recommended actions
resulting from this grant have the potential to be submitted for consideration of an expanded Delta Dental
Foundation grant request in the amount of $50,000
- $100,000. This money would be used for implementation strategies.
For more information:
Laura Oliver, Monona County Public Health
712-433-1773; [email protected]
MCCA receives Monona Co.
Partner Foundation Grant
Over the last few months, the Monona County
Community Alliance- ERASE group has gotten some
exciting news. We were awarded a Monona County
Partners Foundation Grant for $3795.
The members plan to initiate a youth group and
conduct a Town Hall meeting on drug abuse. We have
also been conducting Responsible Beverage Service
Trainings using the TIPS curriculum. Blackbird Bend
recently signed on for the training to be mandatory
for all their staff.
There will be three trainings offered and conducted
by our trainer, Linnea Fletcher from Jackson
Recovery Centers, in order to get everyone trained.
We are very excited about this opportunity! We also
will have a booth out at the Monona County fair
with various materials featuring the Social Host
Ordinance, Underage, and Binge media campaign.
Come out and say hello!
Holly Keegan
SPF SIG Coordinator, Jackson Recovery Centers
Do you know?
• Years of potential life lost
before age 75 for Monona
County residents is 7,392
(age-adjusted). Chronic
disease conditions and
accidents are the #1 factors
for these premature
deaths---most preventable.
• 32% of Monona County
adults aged 20 and over
report no leisure time
physical activity
• 19% of Monona County
adults are currently
smoking.
• 78% of Monona County
diabetic Medicare enrollees have received HbA1c
screening. Overall in Iowa these rates are 89%.
• 17% of Monona County adults are without social/
emotional support.
• 8.5% of Monona County live births are low birthweight;
Iowa overall is 6.9%
• Monona County’s health outcomes rank 79 of 99
Iowa counties.
Success Story....
“Earth Awareness Month”
In early April, the Monona County Board of Supervisors and
Onawa Mayor, Bob Skelton proclaimed the month of April as
“Earth Awareness Month.” The culminating activity, Monona
County Earth Awareness Celebration Day was held on Saturday,
April 27 at two locations in Onawa.
At the WIPCO parking lot, an e-waste collection ended a month
long effort in five Monona County towns. Over 19,500 pounds of
e-waste was collected by Recycletronics. Through a combination
of recycling and harvesting the metals, the money Recycletronics
makes helps disabled veterans. American Mobile Shredding
service was on-site, providing free document destruction.
This service was funded by the Monona County Conservation
Board, as an environmental education activity. Additionally, the
Monona County Transfer station provided a trailer for cardboard
disposal.
At the Monona County Arboretum visitors experienced the
ISU’s Conservation Station, were gifted with an ISU Extension
reusable tote bag, sampled homemade goodies from the 4-H
cooking club, viewed displays of items made from recycled plastics
and static displays, and could purchase mats made from recycled
materials created by consumers at CrossRoads of Western Iowa.
Throughout the month of April, residents were able to dispose
of e-waste and used cell phones at multiple locations in Monona
County. Security National Bank provided free secure document
shredding as part of Mapleton’s clean up days.
As part of the month long collection of recyclables, over 50
used ink cartridges and toners were provided to the Onawa Public
Library for its ongoing fundraiser, and 100 used cell phones
were collected for Cell Phones for Soldiers. Those are recycled/
repurposed and the funds pay for international calling for
deployed troops.
Learning for Life
Neighborhood Health &
Safety Fair
The families who attended
the 2nd Annual Learning for
Life Neighborhood Health and
Safety Fair at the MVAO High
School from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
had a wonderful time! Monona County Public Health in
conjunction with the Monona
County Community Alliance
(MCCA) and a host of community partners and community
Photos submitted
service groups throughout
Randy Ross, EMA and his
Monona County and beyond
rescue dog, Chip.
hosted this Health and Safety
Fair for parents of children from birth through age 12.
This family fun day was made possible by the Community Partnerships for Protecting Children through the Harrison, Monona
and Shelby Decatorization project area and the Neighborhood
Networking Grant.
Parents were provided with a wealth of information regarding
health and safety tips and services available to them in Monona
County as well as dental, hearing and vision screens for the kids
and free child ID cards.
The kids also enjoyed the games and activities of face painting,
balloon creations, make your own bookmark, and decorate a drinking cup as well as hopscotch, beanbag toss, basketball, ring toss,
fitness dice, dart-ball, bowling, ladder toss, hula-hoops, and spring
balls.
This year we were also fortunate to have two guest speakers from
the Council on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. Jane Griesel
addressed bullying and Cathy VanMaanen spoke about Darkness to
Light – 7 steps to protecting our children by preventing, recognizing and reacting responsibly to child sexual abuse. Both parents
and community partners were impressed by these presentations.
We asked parents what they liked best about the Health and
Safety Fair that their comments included: “Rescue dogs, child ID
cards, firemen, policeman, tour of the ambulance, the fire truck,
Red Cross display, hearing tests, face painting, balloon animals and
hats, all the games, a lot of good information for parents and fun
for the kids. The speakers were great!” Parents also commented
about the wide variety of community partners represented and they
learned about services they didn’t know existed in Monona County.
Eighteen door prizes were given away including: convertible car
seat; child booster car seat; tricycle; bikes and helmet; Radon kit;
fire extinguisher and smoke detector and more.
Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate and the rain cut
down on the crowd; but we appreciate all the families and community partners who attended, and the great volunteers who donated
their time and talents to make this year’s Health and Safety Fair a
success!
Find us on the web:
www.mononacountypublichealth.org
Contact us at Monona County Public Health
610 Iowa Avenue • Onawa, IA
Phone: (712) 433-1773 • Fax: (712) 433-9502
Special thank you to Monona County Public Health
for hosting our information on the web.